Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooghaun South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78229, -8.87765
- SMR number
- CL042-074021-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated inside the middle rampart in the SE quadrant of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). A hut site excavated in 1995 (licence no. 92E0093) as part of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme formed part of the first phase of occupation in this area before the rampart was built. This hut site was on a lower level but in the same location as structure D (CL042-074024-). The outline of an oval, double-walled structure (ext. diam. 4m; int. dims. 2.5m x 3.5m) was defined by 34 stake-holes. A layer of occupation debris that seemed to be directly associated with the stake-holes continued beneath the rampart. (Grogan 2005, vol. 1, 168, 172, fig. 6.16)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 5 January 2016
References
Grogan, E. 2005 The North Munster Project, Vol. 1: The later prehistoric landscape of south-east Clare. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.